Syllabus Spring 2018 Physics 20700 MMx

PHYSICS 20700 MM, MM2, MM5 LECTURES 

SPRING 2018

Lecturer: Prof. Ngee-Pong Chang

Tel:(212) 650-6884

Office: MR 311B

Office Hours: T 10 - 11a, F 1 - 2p

email: nchang@ccny.cuny.edu

Textbook:  Vol. 1, Fundamentals of Physics (10th ed.)

by Halliday, Resnick and Walker

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DATES

TOPIC

READING

HOMEWORK

1/30

Tu

Units, 1-D Kinematics

Chap 1

1-1,3,9,12,21,23

2/1

Th

Chap 2

2-2,3,17,19,25,30,45,46,49,77

2/2

F

Freely Falling Objects

Chap 3

3-3,6,9,12,15,17, 45, 49

Lab 1:  Measurements

2/6

Tu

Vectors, 2-D Motion

Chap 4

4-1,6,7,8,15,19,22,26,33

2/8

Th

56,62,70

2/9

F

Relative Velocity

2/12

M (Lincoln)

2/13

Tu

Newton's Laws

Chap 5

5-5,6,13,17,31,48,51,55,57,58

2/15

Th

2/16

F

Friction forces

Chap 6

6-1,7,10,17,23,27,28,35,64,81

2/19

M (President's Day)

2/20

T (Mon schedule)

Lab 2:  Force Table Vectors

2/22

Th

Circular Motion

2/23

F

Work & Kinetic Energy

Chap 7

7-8,9,12,18,19,26,30,34,39,45

2/27

Tu

3/1

Th

Test #1

3/2

F

Potential Energy & Conservation

Chap 8

8-1,2,3,5,10,11,13,49,54

Lab 3:  Measure Little g

3/6

Tu

3/8

Th

C.M. & Linear Momentum

Chap 9

9-2,9,12,13,18,25,39,49,52,58

3/9

F

3/13

Tu

Rotation of Rigid Bodies

Chap 10

10-4,7,10,33,35,44,52,55,58,

3/15

Th

Dynamics & Energy of Rotation

60,61,63

3/16

F

Angular Momentum

Chap 11

11-2,7,19,26,29,33,38,41,45,51

Lab 4:  Centripetal Force

3/20

Tu

Rotational Dynamics

3/22

Th

Equilibrium of Rigid Body

Chap 12

12-3,12,17,21,26, 66, 46, 45

3/23

F

3/27

T

Test #2

Lab 5:  Linear Momentum

3/29

Th

Gravitation, satellites

Chap 13

13-4,6,8,12,19,20,24,27,29,37,38

3/30 -4/8

Spring Recess

4/10

Tu

Gravitational PE, Escape Speed

4/11

W (Fri schedule)

4/12

Th

Fluids

Chap 14

14-3,4,5,10,18,23,28,29,32,41,

4/13

F

Buoyancy, Fluid Flow, Bernoulli eqn

43,58,64,71, 83

4/17

Tu

4/19

Th

Simple Harmonic Motion

Chap 15

15-4,6,11,15,28,33,35

4/20

F

energy in SHM

Lab 6:  Simple Harmonic Motion

4/24

Tu

Reference Circle, Pendulum

15-84,92,108,112

4/26

Th

Test No. 3

4/27

F

Thermal expansion

Chap 18

18-4,8,9,21,23,29,31

5/1

Tu

Ideal Gas Law, Work & Heat

5/3

Th

1st Law Thermodynamics

18-43,46,48,95

5/4

F

Kinetic Theory

Chap 19

19-3,4,11,15,19,26,42,48,58

Lab 7:  Buoyancy and Boyle's Law

5/8

Tu

2nd Law Thermodynamics

5/10

Th

Heat Engines

Chap 20

20-24,29,33,37,39,42,1,2,5,9

5/11

F

Review

5/15

Tu

Review

5/18-5/24

Final exam period

FINAL GRADES:  40% Tests, 40% Final, 10% Homework, 10% Lab